Introduction: The many faces of the divine? / Hermann Ha'ring -- I. Images of God and the divine. 'Treasure to the good, protection to evil' / Knut Walf. God, gods and divinity in the Hindu tradition of the Pa'n'cara'tra / Angelika Malinar. Zen and human existence / Ruben L.F. Habito. The paradox of the many faces of God in monotheism / David Tracy. Christian belief in the threefold God / Hermann Ha'ring -- II. Dimensions of religious experience of God. God in Ntomba prayer / Laurent Mpongo. The experience of God in Jesus Christ / Bruno Forte. Meister Eckhart : the postponement of unity as a sphere of life / Frans Maas. The relationship with God and social conduct / Peter Eicher. The feminine face of God / Helen Schu'ngel-Straumann. Negative theology as postmodern talk of God / Erik Borgman -- III. The God of life and the gods of death. The divine in a godless society / Johann Figl. The God of life and the revival of religion / Pablo Richard -- Special column 1995/2: The church a/ Pablo Richard -